Bangkok in for 1-metre flooding, says Dutch expertA Dutch

expert on flooding, Adri Verwey, said yesterday the worst case scenario for Bangkok was that "extensive areas" of the capital could be submerged under more than one metre of water, if dykes are breached in many areas.
Verwey, who was sent by the government of the Netherlands

to assist the Thai government warned that Sukhumvit and other low-lying areas are especially prone - though it will take days for the water to reach inner Bangkok.
"The levy is very important," he told The Nation and a small group of foreign journalists at Flood Relief Operation Centre (FROC) in Don Mueang airport which itself is now being visited by some flood water.
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Verwey said this coming weekend would be "most crucial" with the expected strong tide. "I pity the Thai people," he said, adding that a lot of tasks will be awaiting the Kingdom in the recovery process. "You have this failure already, you can expect quite a few more."
Another foreign expert working with FROC, who asked to remain anonymous, urged the government to speak the truth to the public. "They want to say sweet things instead of the truth,"

the expert said. He added however that some politicians were not really trying to help reduce the impact of the flood.
"Some politicians are willing to let people suffer in order to get rid of the government," he said, adding the Prime Minister Yingluck
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Shinawatra was now meeting with a lot of opposition.
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Given such a situation, said the anonymous expert, Thailand is like a "dysfunctional family".
"Honestly, they need to get together and get a real, defined plan of what’s going on. That’s not what’s happening."
The Nation[ Bericht 14% gewijzigd door oink_oink op 26-10-2011 22:46:55 ]